Posted 16 January 2018 - 12:31 PM

David Najem to Tampa Bay. Also, on the first page of this thread, been providing updates on other former first or USL team players from the past that we may see in 2018.

Junior Flemmings also just signed with Tampa Bay.

Heard that he was upset that he was supposed to be moved to the first team this season, but due to INTL slots that didn't pan out so had offers from other MLS teams (apparently not). Holds no grudges, but Tampa Bay isn't exactly a step above NYRBII.

Posted 16 January 2018 - 01:56 PM

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Exactly... If he was welcome back by RB2, then why would he go to Tampa?

i think the main allure of playing on RB2 is that it is a pipeline to RB 1st team. If you remove that part of the equation, you are basically playing for a team that draws less than high school sports teams. I am not sure if Tampa does any better, but a change of scenery wouldn't hurt him.

Posted 17 January 2018 - 03:12 PM

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i think the main allure of playing on RB2 is that it is a pipeline to RB 1st team. If you remove that part of the equation, you are basically playing for a team that draws less than high school sports teams. I am not sure if Tampa does any better, but a change of scenery wouldn't hurt him.

Tampa Bay averaged about 6,000 people per game last season in a 7,500 baseball-turned-sort-of-soccer-specific stadium.

Posted 26 January 2018 - 11:13 PM

Saw a Twitter post that someone on Seeing Red stated that Noah Powder may no longer be with the club, possibly due to disciplinary issues.

Would be a shame.

Disciplinary issues would be surprising from my POV at least. He was captain of one of the T&T youth teams right? Either way, that's a disappointing loss.

Frankly, since I am merely a fan and a not a fancy American soccer writer, I'm going to congratulate Wright-Phillips on a well hit goal. If I was an American soccer writer, I'd claim that the recently retired Henry was wearing an invisibility cloak and carried the ball into the net for the obviously unskilled Wright-Phillips.

Posted 27 January 2018 - 11:06 AM

For sure. They averaged 632 in 2017 (no zeros missing). Dead last in all USL/NASL attendance out of the 38 teams.

Those seats and locker room refurbishments are strictly to be D2 compliant, which is excellent to know that the team plans to stay D2 and not move to USL D3 or fold.

Season tickets to the USL team for the games at both RBA and MSU are $84 plus a scarf so I bought a ticket to hit the games up after work. Might join the Rampage SG as well.

My son is a fairly hardcore RB supporter and goes to Montclair, so I bought two season tix for him last year. I think he went to maybe three games. He said if he has spare time he and his buddies are playing, not watching.

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